Hello there.
Not too much for you to read this morning - just a quick update as to what's been happening since my last post in mid-November.
The Goole Art Society's exhibition held above the Town's Library, upstairs in the Museum, has been and gone, and I have to say that I enjoyed it all. Living some distance from the venue, I have to be honest and admit that other than take my work across to a Society meeting night prior to the event, I had very little (if nothing) to do with it. A fellow local artist and I are lucky in that we have a very good artist friend who lives local to the event, and he was good enough to take care of our work and help make sure it was exhibited correctly as he was part of the 'hanging' team.
The first Saturday of the event we were all asked to go and take part in a 'meet the artist' venture, which was very enjoyable. As well as meeting members of the public who came to have a 'nosey' at the official opening, I also had a good learning experience from the other artists as we all wandered around talking to each other about our work, gaining insight into each others' techniques and tips.
Apart from plenty of 'little' technical tips, one of the main things I took away with me was that I must work BIGGER. I was relatively happy with my work and the size of it, but on average I must have produced some of the smaller works there at roughly 12"x10". Methinks a few larger watercolours are in order for the next exhibition the Society holds around the middle of June 2013.
In between the end of the Goole Exhibition and now, we have enjoyed a long weekend away at our good friends flat in Scarborough, where I managed to get three small sketches done of the South Bay area, one of which is now basically coloured. During the Saturday we had a very nice run out to Whitby, where despite the bitterly cold weather I did manage to take several nice photo's which I hope I can use at some point.
Monday of this week it was the usual club night in Goole, where I took the opportunity to use my w/c's and colour the sketch previously mentioned of Scarborough's South bay - looking south to Filey Brig etc. Once I get time I will upload a picture of it, and maybe a couple of the Whitby photo's too.
Until next time, whatever your art - enjoy it!
Paul
Not too much for you to read this morning - just a quick update as to what's been happening since my last post in mid-November.
The Goole Art Society's exhibition held above the Town's Library, upstairs in the Museum, has been and gone, and I have to say that I enjoyed it all. Living some distance from the venue, I have to be honest and admit that other than take my work across to a Society meeting night prior to the event, I had very little (if nothing) to do with it. A fellow local artist and I are lucky in that we have a very good artist friend who lives local to the event, and he was good enough to take care of our work and help make sure it was exhibited correctly as he was part of the 'hanging' team.
The first Saturday of the event we were all asked to go and take part in a 'meet the artist' venture, which was very enjoyable. As well as meeting members of the public who came to have a 'nosey' at the official opening, I also had a good learning experience from the other artists as we all wandered around talking to each other about our work, gaining insight into each others' techniques and tips.
Apart from plenty of 'little' technical tips, one of the main things I took away with me was that I must work BIGGER. I was relatively happy with my work and the size of it, but on average I must have produced some of the smaller works there at roughly 12"x10". Methinks a few larger watercolours are in order for the next exhibition the Society holds around the middle of June 2013.
In between the end of the Goole Exhibition and now, we have enjoyed a long weekend away at our good friends flat in Scarborough, where I managed to get three small sketches done of the South Bay area, one of which is now basically coloured. During the Saturday we had a very nice run out to Whitby, where despite the bitterly cold weather I did manage to take several nice photo's which I hope I can use at some point.
Monday of this week it was the usual club night in Goole, where I took the opportunity to use my w/c's and colour the sketch previously mentioned of Scarborough's South bay - looking south to Filey Brig etc. Once I get time I will upload a picture of it, and maybe a couple of the Whitby photo's too.
Until next time, whatever your art - enjoy it!
Paul
